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he has said i run a machine, i own washington and there's nothing you can do about it. >> i mean, to say that he's the most radical president of the united states. >> incredible. it's really incredible and henry louis gates is quoted as saying the most radical thing about barack obama is the fact that he's african-american and president of the united states. he is a center left president and a lot of his policies are straight in the tradition of center left democrat. look at health care itself. look at his judicial appointees, sonya sotomayor and elena kagan, somebody not on the left wing of the democratic party and foreign policy choices are hardly far left either. i mean, this comes out of the propaganda campaign leveled against him having to do with bill ayers and jeer myy wright sdmrflt why has his style of speaking changed so much? during the campaign, you know, there were those who supported him felt he had this -- talked about the fierce urgency of now and was such a great speech maker even those who didn't like him thought he was a great communicator. his speeches in office h
he has said i run a machine, i own washington and there's nothing you can do about it. >> i mean, to say that he's the most radical president of the united states. >> incredible. it's really incredible and henry louis gates is quoted as saying the most radical thing about barack obama is the fact that he's african-american and president of the united states. he is a center left president and a lot of his policies are straight in the tradition of center left democrat. look at health...
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she took the kid to the washington, d.c. airport. he was then properly put on a united airline flight as an unaccompanied minor. i have had my kids fly that way, all thousand though not internationally. i doesn't think that is endangerment or neglect. where it might have happened was in russia? >> could russia charge her? they are not going to extra diet her to face misdemeanor charges. there may not be any way to charge her. that may be the legal problem all the local authorities are dealing with. >> tennessee adoption agency assigned to check on the family says it had not been able to reach the woman since late last month. agency officials says they could have helped the family with any behavioral issues and could have helped to find a new home for that boy. >>> plucked to safety from a near certain death. 74-year-old janet hogan is in stable condition after being rescued from the rain swollen walnut cleek. they found her and the body of her 40-year-old son was found inside the vehicle. authorities are still searching for her 79-ye
she took the kid to the washington, d.c. airport. he was then properly put on a united airline flight as an unaccompanied minor. i have had my kids fly that way, all thousand though not internationally. i doesn't think that is endangerment or neglect. where it might have happened was in russia? >> could russia charge her? they are not going to extra diet her to face misdemeanor charges. there may not be any way to charge her. that may be the legal problem all the local authorities are...
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the tea partiers are heading to washington, d.c. where they're planning a big rally thursday on tax day. meanwhile, the tea party express continues its 48-stop tour with a couple of stops in upstate new york. cnn political producer shannon travis is in buffalo. shannon, you've been traveling with the express and blogging about your experiences. you've talked about this perceived stereotype of the tea party people. explain more about that. >> reporter: well, let me just say this first, tom. we're here in buffalo, obviously, where a tea party rally just wrapped up. we're actually here at a naval and military mark. behind me there's some u.s. fighter jets. we're also on the erie canal. two interesting back drops for this movement. one, obviously, of america's military might, and another of a at thatnal that helped the country grow commercially. but another interesting tidbit about this area is that buffalo was really key to the underground railroad, obviously a movement that helped free a lot of slaves. unclear if the tea party express
the tea partiers are heading to washington, d.c. where they're planning a big rally thursday on tax day. meanwhile, the tea party express continues its 48-stop tour with a couple of stops in upstate new york. cnn political producer shannon travis is in buffalo. shannon, you've been traveling with the express and blogging about your experiences. you've talked about this perceived stereotype of the tea party people. explain more about that. >> reporter: well, let me just say this first,...
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he joins us live from washington. tim, on a day like today where we have more than 200,000 americans without unemployment checks because congress -- the senate didn't act before taking the easter recess, what would you do? what would tea party members do? do you say that because of concerns over the budget deficit we won't fund these benefits? >> i think that whatever's been promised ought to be funded to folks. however, the real question, tony, is how to create real opportunity that's not just government subsidies. that means getting away from the top-down big government approach like the health care legislation we saw passed which will hurt jobs, not create jobs. that's the most important thing to do and what tea party folks stand for. giving opportunity a chance as opposed to having the government subsidize things. when the government subsidizes it means higher deficits which chokes off jobs in the long run or bigger government, bigger programs from washington that don't work for people. >> you can have the lay of
he joins us live from washington. tim, on a day like today where we have more than 200,000 americans without unemployment checks because congress -- the senate didn't act before taking the easter recess, what would you do? what would tea party members do? do you say that because of concerns over the budget deficit we won't fund these benefits? >> i think that whatever's been promised ought to be funded to folks. however, the real question, tony, is how to create real opportunity that's...
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find a budget offset as they say in washington. the democrats are saying, no, we need to do this quickly and get moving. some democrats want to go ahead and have an extension for this and for a cobra health insurance subsidy through the end of the year so that we don't have to keep going and patching it up and chasing it and watching it up again. so a philosophical difference of opinion here. one thing i think you are going to start to see now as this goes on, if we are starting to get jobs creation, starting to see signs that the economy, the stock market has recovered. there is going to be this philosophical debate of how are you going to address the long-term unemployed in this country and how long are we going to allow. the national bureau of economic research, the official agency that dates whether a recession starts or stops. it today said it is not ready to declare when the recession ended. that's got people a little nervous. i think it shows there are these two kind of gears of the economic recovery and stock market that's
find a budget offset as they say in washington. the democrats are saying, no, we need to do this quickly and get moving. some democrats want to go ahead and have an extension for this and for a cobra health insurance subsidy through the end of the year so that we don't have to keep going and patching it up and chasing it and watching it up again. so a philosophical difference of opinion here. one thing i think you are going to start to see now as this goes on, if we are starting to get jobs...
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he is live in washington. it is so exciting to talk about the next new star of the gop, the new ron paul, 74 congressman of texas. he came within one vote of winning this straw poll. >> that's right. i wish we could continue talking about the tina fey/sarah palin network. that was comedy magic there. you are right. ron paula parentally is doing quite well at these republican leadership conferences. you will remember the cpac conference that just happened in washington where he won a straw poll there. he almost won this straw poll down at the southern republican leadership conference in new orleans. he lost to mitt romney by one vote. they essential will i tied in the straw poll down there. this is despite the fact that ron paul said at this conference that obama is not a soescialist. he has a lot of fervent supporters out there. when they have these straw polls, his supporters get out, work the rooms, wok the votes. they do quite well in these events. you have some republicans grumbling that these straw polls
he is live in washington. it is so exciting to talk about the next new star of the gop, the new ron paul, 74 congressman of texas. he came within one vote of winning this straw poll. >> that's right. i wish we could continue talking about the tina fey/sarah palin network. that was comedy magic there. you are right. ron paula parentally is doing quite well at these republican leadership conferences. you will remember the cpac conference that just happened in washington where he won a straw...
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. >> tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> let's get an insider briefing now from david gergen. is this about politics? >> i don't think so, anderson. the national security advisor to the president, jim jones, has studied energy for a long time, is absolutely convinced this is a matter of national security, we have to become more energy independent. others are very worried as economies get back online, grow again, the price of oil and energy stops will go way up and crimp the recovery. >> they're are big strong persuasive reasons. i think it has political repercussions. the overwhelming emphasis of the democratic party was to his and boo when they said drill baby drill and the president said, i'm going to do that. what he said in the state of the union just this january, drilling offshore is part of a broader more comprehensive strategy on his part. i don't think there's a big surprise on the substance. i think the surprise to me, anderson, is, he didn't, as he promised, use offshore drilling and nuclear power as bargaining chips with republicans to get them to come on board, no
. >> tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> let's get an insider briefing now from david gergen. is this about politics? >> i don't think so, anderson. the national security advisor to the president, jim jones, has studied energy for a long time, is absolutely convinced this is a matter of national security, we have to become more energy independent. others are very worried as economies get back online, grow again, the price of oil and energy stops will go way up and crimp the...